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- From: dick.zeitlin%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dick Zeitlin)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: Newbie Wants Advice o
- Message-ID: <4504.102.uupcb@ssr.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 18:06:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Advanced Computer Concepts BBS, New Rochelle, NY 914-654-1981
- Reply-To: dick.zeitlin%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Dick Zeitlin)
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- BW> . Yes, isn't it interesting that two of the most popular general purpose
- > .languages for writing applications software were not designed to be used t
- > .write application software. Has anyone written a general purpose language
- > .to do what I would think is the most common use of computer programming -
- > .to write application programs? And if this/these exist, what are they and
- > .how do you rate them? [just curious]
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- FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslator) was written specifically for applications
- programming of scientific/mathematical tasks. COBOL (COmmon Business
- Oriented Language) was done specifically for programming business
- applications.
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- The fact that they still survive in the face of extreme bias by newbies
- that think C is the only "real" language is an indication of how well
- they fulfilled (and continue to fulfill) their intended function.
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- D/
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